Hey everyniffler, we here at Niffler Fan Club wish you all a happy new niff and a fantastic 20Niffteen. I’m sure that there will be lots of new stuff coming to the Niffler Fan Club over the coming year.

We’re sincerely sorry about the lack of posts over 2018 generally and 2018 December. The thing planned for the 25th – 7th went a bit sideways. We will upload the whole 12 days of Niffmas on the 7th to make up for it and from here on we will just upload it as plain text on the Instagram story without any of the fancy-schmancy stuff. Thanks for sticking with us.

Anyways Happy New Niff to you all. Have a great year and we wish you all the best. Honestly. We do. Believe us. No we’re not some corporation that is just saying it. We mean it. To who/whatever is reading this we wish you the best year imaginable. Now get off of your device and talk to your family and wish them a happy new niff. See you round nifflers.

Hey all, it’s been a while and we’ve got some news to share with you. So first off — MERRY NIFFMAS!!!!!!!! (And a Niffly New Year in Twenty Niffteen). We haven’t posted in more than month so we’ve got some news for you…..

So – we have a very special thing coming up that we have been hard at work engineering and producing and writing for a while that will be only available on our Instagram Story from the 25th of December (Niffmas Day) to the 5th of January and we can’t wait for you guys to see it. If you want us to and if you really like it we’ll also post it as a post. We will also be posting on our Twitter account if we can (which we will talk about next).

So about the Twitter account – you may have noticed that we haven’t been very active on Twitter recently. This is because the account was suspended/locked. This is because Twitter thought we were 2 years old when we put the birthdate as the date we posted our first ever post. Twitter is pretty stupid. I mean, do they believe a 2 year old human baby can operate a fully functioning Twitter account with videos and hashtags. I mean…. COME ON.

We’ve also got a few other special things coming up so keep an eye out for that. Thanks for sticking with us in this weird period. Merry Niffmas and a Niffly New Year.

So, last Friday, on Twitter and here on the website AND on Instagram we promised to upload three posts – A General Thoughts post, a spoiler-free review and a spoilerific review. We posted this post on Twitter two days later…

Quick update: We have decided to delay our spoilerific review of #FantasticBeasts to next week to allow more time for people to watch the film before accidentally clicking on a review full of spoilers. So, it’s safety for you lovely people who haven’t seen the film yet. See ya!

Ok, so that start, right! So, the start of the film with Grindelwald being transported is such a clever escape. THAT TWIST WITH ABERNATHY THO! We were absolutely shook by the fact that Grindelwald was acting as Abernathy and Abernathy was acting as Grindelwald. That is incredibly clever, as is the rest of the escape. The pure power of Grindelwald is so incredibly displayed in this scene, showing that this film is not going to be light hearted. He kills plenty of people, almost throws another guy into the sea, dropping his wand after him and almost drowns the same he guy he tried to throw out of the carriage. Grindelwald’s creature thing was a bit weird though. Don’t really know what that was. I thought this scene was so incredibly orchestrated, weaving the escape so perfectly using magic and natural elements with MACUSA not knowing a thing about it, only knowing about it because that one guy luckily survived. BRILLIANT! And that’s just the first scene.

This kind of storytelling works very well in this movie as the first scene always sets up the next scene which is perfect for movies like these which requires every bit of the audience’s attention.

The scene at the British Ministry of Magic seems pointless, but it is really very clever as it gives a logical reason for the events that follow throughout the rest of the film. The Pensive like thing in the middle of the table is also a nice callback to the original films. In this scene we get a good bit of context about what has happened since the last film, now that Newt has a travel ban and he can’t really get round it without agreeing to join the ministry for a cause he doesn’t support in any side. This is incredibly clever as it presents a dilemma to audience about how Newt will deal with Grindelwald in the future; if he will be defensive of offensive, if he will fight against him or stay neutral. Crazy.

Now we gotta talk about something – the most important thing in this entire film. The thing without which I don’t think anyone would watch it…. The Nifflers. But more specifically the BABY Nifflers. And Oh. My. NIFFLER THEY WERE CUTE. I. WANT. ONE. FULL. STOPS. But weren’t they so cute. Oh my goodness they were so cute! They are amazingly cute. Did I say they were cute? Cos they were! Oh my mooncalf they were cute. So cute. That one Niffler who flies across the room on the champagne bottle – his voice is SO. DAMN. CUTE. The way he said (and I quote) “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” (end quote) and the sound he makes when he hits the wall. SOOOOO CUUUUUUTTTTTEEEEEEE! Oh my goodness they were so cute. And they’re so small. Its so CUTE how small they are. That ginger one as well. So cute. In the weighing scales OH MY. SUCH CUTENESS. I swear. One I saw the Nifflers, I made a sound that came naturally to me (a very high pitched squeal and several sentences about how cute they were) and about 20 people looked at me. I don’t care. Nifflers are far more important than thejudgmement of those who don’t have the same reaction as me*. If you want more on the Nifflers in this film, we have a post coming up all about them in the film. Its just Nifflers. Like all things should be (Avengers reference not intended).

[Note:There are HUGE spoilers in the next paragraphs. You’ve been warned…]

So, Queenie. Let’s talk about Queenie. Queenie, Queenie, Queenie. She made. Me. CRY. I CANNOT BELIEVE SHE TURNED TO GRINDELWALD. Heartbreaking. I did not at all see that coming. It made me so sad. She seemed so sweet before, even earlier in the film. I even felt sorry for her when she had to leave the UK and go to France because of Jacob being removed from Queenie’s trance by Newt and him realising what had happened. She seems so innocent and sweet throughout the movie. And then she joins Grindelwald. 😥. I have nothing more to say about Queenie. I can’t handle it.

Dumbledore in the movie is very mysterious (until we find out about his pact with Grindelwald) and he seems to have little point to what he does until we actually realise why. The one question a few of us at the Niffler Fan Club have is – why did he never mention Credence/ Orellious Dumbledore as his brother? Like EVER? Is Grindelwald lying to him? Does Dumbledore kill him? Does Dumbledore just not want to talk about him because he turned to Grindelwald? So many questions!

Speaking of Credence, he was very interesting in this film. He managed to maintain the mysteriousness he had int he last film and bring it across to this film and I love that. I love the fact also that he is very magically powerful. I mean come on, he destroyed a FLIPPING CLIFF WITH A WAND HE HAD NEVER USED BEFORE. DAMN. DAAAAMN. DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN! He obviously has the Dumbledore power in him. And even if he isn’t related to Dumbledore – how does he have so much power??!?!?

The fights in this film are amazing. Lets start with the French Ministry of Magic (Totally original name 😒 I mean they could have even called it Le ministère de la magie Français. Or in English – The French Ministry of Magic. The French wording would have been fine. But no. It was in English and it sounded unoriginal. Yeesh.) That beast though. When it did that Kablamo thing and they were all riding on it and it looked insanely cool as that huge blue circle appeared around them as it screamed. Just wow. CGI: 👌. And then the final fight with Grindelwald. FLIPPING HECK. I MEAN WOW. LIKE WOW. LIKE WOWY WOW. WOWOOWOWOWOWOWWOOWOW. WOW. The flames were just crazy and the way Grindelwald just acted like a calm conductor over the magic as he majestically attacked all of our heroes. I was very surprised by Newt’s power in this scene. He and his brother know their magic. Don’t mess with the Scamanders. Dang. That Firenze fire thing they all did together was crazy. And also – Nicholas Flamel. You’re a BADASS.

To round this all off – the Niffler is the reason the rest of Fantastic Beasts happens is because of the Niffler. If the Niffler didn’t take the pendant/vile thing. Dumbledore and Grindelwald would never be able to fight. Therefore the big fight would never happen and as Dumbledore is the only one that can defeat Grindelwald – he would never be defeated and thrown in Azkaban and the world would be under Grindelwald’s rule and Dumbledore wouldn’t be able to do anything ever about it. So to the true hero of the movie (who was also injured in action and bravely recovered – Nifflers are the best) nameless Niffler, we love you.

That’s the end of this spoilerific review. Thanks for reading and we hope you enjoyed. Drop us a comment is we missed anything and we’ll try and put in. See you next week for a post about everything the Nifflers did in FB2. Until then… Stay Nifflery. Have a good one…

*Disclaimer: This statement does not necessarily reflect the views of anyone else in the Niffler Fan Club. People can think about the Nifflers however they want. But if they don’t like them that’s just a bit weird. Jk. But seriously tho — who DOESN’T like Nifflers? Anyways we respect other peoples views and/or judgements…… Unless its about Nifflers. There is only one answer to that question…..

So the movie starts off great, with a very fast moving and quick paced opening scene. Within about 1 minute of the start of the film you are presented with the first fantastic twist of the film. This fast-paced-ness is present all throughout the film from the first minute to the last. In the first few scenes, the acting is fantastic and so are the special effects, as it is throughout the entire film. It is a rather dark opening to a Wizarding World film to be perfectly honest and through this we are a shown what kind of film it is going to be – it is not going to hold back. By no means it it a slow start. One of the best parts about the start of the film is the introduction of a few little VERY ADORABLE furry friends that might be familiar to us here at the Niffler Fan Club….

The movie does not drop in quality at all in the middle. It keeps the fast pace and presents the audience with many great scenes. My one nit-pick with this part of the film is that there is one scene with a bit of weird CGI but this is the only point of the film where I thought this. Again, this part of the film has enough twists to strangle a snake and the cinematography is almost perfect.

The last part of the film is amazing, crazy, heartbreaking, cute, fun and surprising. This is a fantastic last act to this already fantastic film and it cannot be described in words.

All in all, a great film with a great soundtrack, great writing, great cinematography and fantastic story telling to really immerse you in this new world J.K Rowling has brought to us. But do not be surprised with the darkness that this film brings to the franchise. This film does not hold back from that and to be honest, it actually makes it better to watch as it sets up Grindelwald as a true villain who is not to be messed with.

Every actor portrays their role perfectly within this and I am excited to see where this movie goes next. I am also happy to see that they are not milking the Niffler in anyway and its presence in the film is always necessary and fun and at no point did I think that the Niffler was ill-placed or being overused. So, all-in-all a great film that I would say you should go see, if not for the movie, for the Nifflers.

We had the pleasure of watching the film in 3D IMAX and we would say you do the same for the BEST experience. We’re not saying you have to watch in 3D IMAX, it’s crazy expensive, we basically put ourselves in debt going to see it, but ya know. It was a great movie anyways and because of this, we give the movie a noble score of……………

So, after seeing Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, here are our general thoughts and first impressions.

The movie is a very well structured, fast paced and fun movie, with many little bits for Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts fans to dig their claws into. It is a very well thought out film with many great actors to play all the individual parts they seem to own so well. The special effects are as Fantastic as the title of the film suggests and the story telling with the use of CGI never fails.

Overall, a great film that I would definitely see again. I am very happy with the way it all turned out and I am glad that J.K Rowling’s Wizarding World is still going strong and hasn’t lost any of its thunder with FB2. Definitely not dissapointing and I’m looking forward to what’s next.

So those were our general thoughts and first impressions of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. What did you think of the movie?? We have more coming soon in the shape of reviews and other juicy stuff. Stay tuned….

So, it turns out Jude Law (know known as the LEAKy Cauldron….. cos he leaks stuff) revealed the FB3 title to Eddie Redmayne last night. This tells us two things. One – Jude Law is gonna be the Tom Holland of Fantastic Beasts (possibly) and Two – The title has already been determined and do the movie is probably already in the works. Yay! (I hope the title has something to do with Nifflers 😍😍). Anyways, I’ll just leave this with you….. (0:00-1:08 – Ya Welcome) P.S – The full screen button doesn’t work. Sozzles.

Ok, so I know it’s like 25mins after the last post but here’s a quick thing…

There was a post. Yes, a post. Uploaded by Warner Bros. Yes, Warner Bros. With a video. Yes, a video. That is 17 seconds long that shows 2 new baby Nifflers – one swinging off of a lamp and one ginger on one in weighing scales.

Oh.

My.

Niffler!!!!!!!

Here’s a link to this glorious tweet. Have fun replaying this enough times to break you WiFi or (to be inclusive) all the cell towers and data sattelites in your area. Enjoy…..